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Auction 65  21 Sep 2022
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Lot 1557

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 135 GBP
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Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805), The Nelsonic Crimson Oakes Society, silver medal, unsigned, uniformed bust of Nelson left, GALLANT NELSON DIED OCTR. 21 OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR, rev. pseudo-masonic symbols with eye, sun and moon, cross and fouled anchor, and ark and rainbow, NELSONIC CRIMSON OAKES - COMMENCED JANY 19 1808, 53.5mm. (Hardy 85; BHM.640; MH.527; D&W.168/518; Withers 2187), pierced and ring for suspension, nearly very fine, rare
Little is known about the Nelsonic Crimson Oakes Society but it appears to have been a benevolent society for sailors. Why Masonic symbols should have been used cannot be explained.
(Estimate: 100-150 GBP)
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